(intro 4x) F5 F5 I?m looking forward to Christmas Bb5 F5 It?s sentimental I know, but I just really like it F5 I?m , I?m hardly religious Bb5 F5 I?d rather break bread with Dawkins than Desmond Tutu to be honest C5 C5 And yes I have all of the usual objections to consumerism Bb5 The commercialisation of an ancient religion And the western-isation of a dead Palestinian F5 Press-ganged into selling PlayStations and beer C5 But I still really like it. F5 I, I really like Christmas Bb5 F5 Though I?m not expecting a visit from Jesus C5 I?ll be seeing my dad C5 D5 My brother and sisters, my gran and my mum Bb5 They?ll be drinking white wine in the sun C5 I?ll be seeing my dad C5 D5 My brother and sisters, my gran and my mum Bb5 We?ll be drinking white wine in the sun. F5 I don?t go for ancient wisdom Bb5 F5 I don?t believe just ?cause ideas are tenacious it means that they?re worthy F5 I get freaked out by churches Bb5 F5 Some of the hymns that they sing have nice chords but the lyrics are dodgy C5 And yes I have all of the usual objections C5 Bb5 To the mis-education of children forced into a cult institution And taught to externalise blame And to feel ashamed F5 And to judge things as plain right and wrong C5 But I quite like the songs. F5 I?m not expecting big presents Bb5 F5 The old combination of socks, jocks and chocolate is just fine by me. C5 ?Cause I?ll be seeing my dad C5 D5 My brother and sisters, my gran and my mum Bb5 They?ll be drinking white wine in the sun C5 I?ll be seeing my dad C5 D5 My brother and sisters, my gran and my mum Bb5 They?ll be drinking white wine in the sun. Bb5 And you my baby girl F5 My jetlagged infant daughter Bb5 You?ll be handed round the room F5 Like a puppy at a primary school Bb5 And you?re too young to know F5 But you will learn yourself one day Bb5 That wherever you are and whatever you face C5 D5 These are the people who?ll make you feel safe in this world F5 My sweet blue-eyed girl Bb5 And if my baby girl F5 When you?re twenty-one or thirty-one Bb5 And Christmas comes around F5 And you find yourself nine thousand miles from home C5 C5 You?ll know whatever comes C5 D5 Your brother and sister, and me and your mum Bb5 Will be waiting for you in the sun C5 C5 Girl, when Christmas comes C5 Your brothers and sisters, your aunts and your uncles C5 D5 Your grandparents, cousins, and me and your mum Bb5 Will be drinking white wine in the sun F5 We?ll be waiting for you in the sun Bb5 Baby, whenever you come F5 We?ll be drinking white wine in the sun Bb5 Waiting. F5 I, I really like Christmas Bb5 F5 It?s sentimental I know.
